Legal Opinion
State of Texas v. Mazuca, Alvaro
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 23, 2012No. PD-1035-11PublishedCited by 64 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
in which KEASLER, HERVEY, COCHRAN and ALCALA, JJ., joined.
In this felony prosecution for possession of ecstasy, the State appealed from the trial court’s grant of the appellee’s motion to suppress evidence that the appellee contended was obtained as a result of an illegal traffic stop. The El Paso Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s ruling in an unpublished opinion, holding that the appellee’s initial detention was illegal and that the taint emanating from the initial illegality was not attenuated by the fact that, immediately after the initial stop, the appellee was found to…
3Cases cited44 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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4Cited by64 opinions
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- Byram v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
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